Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Nail salons in Marlboro County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Marlboro County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.2M
- On personal care products and services · $636 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 25,488
- −3.8% since 2020
See the nail salons around any address in Marlboro County
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Marlboro County comes to about $6.2M a year: $636 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Marlboro County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Marlboro County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marlboro County declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Marlboro County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Marlboro County compares
The same measures for South Carolina and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the nail salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Marlboro County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,745 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $636 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $34,301 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Marlboro County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Marlboro County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,488−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,789
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 480 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $34,301+2.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $51,818
- Median home value
- $82,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,341
- Daytime population
- 21,081Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 71 | 21 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +18.3% | #140 of 1,328 |
| 2Laurens County, SC | 69 | 5 | 1.9 | $4.1M | +6.2% | #160 of 1,328 |
| 3Anderson County, SC | 65 | 35 | 4.2 | $2M | +7.7% | #269 of 1,328 |
| 4Kershaw County, SC | 65 | 12 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +11.6% | #273 of 1,328 |
| 5York County, SC | 61 | 79 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +8.1% | #383 of 1,328 |
| 6Aiken County, SC | 59 | 40 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +7.3% | #437 of 1,328 |
| 7Spartanburg County, SC | 58 | 72 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +15.6% | #466 of 1,328 |
| 8Oconee County, SC | 55 | 15 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +6.3% | #538 of 1,328 |
| 9Greenville County, SC | 54 | 145 | 6.6 | $1.4M | +10.6% | #573 of 1,328 |
| 10Cherokee County, SC | 53 | 7 | 3.2 | $2.3M | +3.7% | #587 of 1,328 |
| Marlboro County, SC | Not scored | 1 | 1.0 | $6.2M | −3.8% |
Other business types in Marlboro County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas3
- Hair salons2
- Barbershops6
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care17
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Marlboro County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 nail salon in Marlboro County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Marlboro County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marlboro County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.2M a year, or $636 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $6.2M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,789 households in Marlboro County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marlboro County, SC compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Marlboro County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Marlboro County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Marlboro County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Marlboro County at 25,488 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,789 households. Median household income in Marlboro County is $34,301, 58% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 2.1%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Marlboro County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Marlboro County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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